diff --git a/lib/gtp/gtp_xact.c b/lib/gtp/gtp_xact.c
index fb0fadcc4..386eff056 100644
--- a/lib/gtp/gtp_xact.c
+++ b/lib/gtp/gtp_xact.c
@@ -632,8 +632,11 @@ status_t gtp_xact_timeout(index_t index, c_uintptr_t event)
             pkbuf = xact->seq[xact->step-1].pkbuf;
             d_assert(pkbuf, return CORE_ERROR, "Null param");
 
-            d_assert(gtp_send(xact->gnode, pkbuf) == CORE_OK,
-                    goto out, "gtp_send error");
+            if (gtp_send(xact->gnode, pkbuf) != CORE_OK)
+            {
+                d_error("gtp_send() failed");
+                goto out;
+            }
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/mme/mme_sm.c b/src/mme/mme_sm.c
index 0581a6bfc..5165658ec 100644
--- a/src/mme/mme_sm.c
+++ b/src/mme/mme_sm.c
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ void mme_state_operational(fsm_t *s, event_t *e)
         case MME_EVT_S11_T3_HOLDING:
         {
             gtp_xact_timeout(event_get_param1(e), event_get(e));
+            d_error("MME cannot send GTPv2-C message to SGW");
             break;
         }
         default: